Regional Director – East & Southern Africa

World Renew

Regional Director providing leadership for World Renew’s initiatives in East and Southern Africa. Collaborating with teams to deliver impactful community-led programming and partnerships.

Posted 6/3/2026full-time🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 CA$86,467 - CA$97,275 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic, spiritual, and operational leadership for World Renew’s work across the East and Southern Africa region.
Shape and advance the regional vision and strategy in alignment with World Renew’s global strategic plan.
Lead Country Directors and regional staff in regional strategy development and implementation.
Represent World Renew with donors, churches, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders.
Foster a Christ-centered, inclusive, and high-performing regional team culture.

Requirements

What you’ll need

An actively practicing Christian with participation in a local Christian community and a strong commitment to Christ and Integral Mission.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within teams and communities served.
Proven experience working with churches, community-based organizations, and partners in holistic community transformation, with a strong commitment to the church’s role as an agent of transformation in the region.
Extensive experience supporting partner and community-led development processes, including using, facilitating, and training staff and partners in participatory methodologies such as Participatory Rural Appraisal, Asset Based Community Development, and Participatory Learning and Action.
Demonstrated leadership of diverse, multi-country teams with a commitment to gender equality, equity, and justice.
Strong servant leadership approach with demonstrated mentoring and coaching skills.
Experience navigating complex, matrixed global organizations and leading integrated development and humanitarian programs.
Demonstrated ability to lead a lean and agile team without reliance on extensive organizational and operational support systems at regional and country level.
Technical experience in humanitarian assistance and emergency response.
Demonstrated success in developing and securing funding from institutional, bilateral, multilateral, and private donors.
Proven financial oversight experience, including management or supervision of budgets exceeding $5 million.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Participatory Rural AppraisalAsset Based Community DevelopmentParticipatory Learning and Actionhumanitarian assistanceemergency responsefinancial oversightbudget management

Soft Skills

strategic leadershipmentoringcoachingservant leadershipcommitment to diversityteam culture developmentgender equalityequityjustice